Glen Allen woman wins $1M

Citizen Staff Reports 09/07/12

Sandy Mejia and her husband have a ritual. Each Friday evening, the Glen Allen couple goes out to dinner. Then on the way home, they stop and buy a single Virginia Lottery ticket to take home and play.

It was no different when the bought a Maximum Millions ticket at the 7-Eleven at 9523 Huron Avenue in Glen Allen – until she scratched the ticket and discovered she’d won the $1 million top prize.

“I got paralyzed and I turned white,” she told Lottery officials. “Then we did a happy dance in the kitchen.”

She had the choice of taking the full $1 million over 25 years or a one-time cash option of $564,000 before taxes. She chose the cash option. The store received a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery for selling the winning ticket.

Ms. Mejia, who works as a nurse, said she and her husband have no immediate plans.

Maximum Millions is one of dozens of Scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $20 up to $1 million. Ms. Mejia is the 11th player to claim the top prize in Maximum Millions, which means four top-prize tickets remain unclaimed.

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Learn the most important things children need from parents and easy ways to implement them on Sunday afternoons in October at the Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church, 11421 Gayton Rd. The parenting classes will be taught using the resources of researcher Brene Brown. Parents will study using the video series from Brown’s “The gift of imperfect parenting: a wholehearted revolution.” The classes, which are free, will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. A brunch will open the classes at 12:30 p.m. Age appropriate story time, activities and music will be available for children. For details, call 741-5254 or visit http://www.thegaytonkirk.org.
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